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SHIPBUILDING IN THE PORT OF BRISTOL

by Grahame Farr

Published by National Maritime Museum. 1984

Very good condition. Large format. Card wraps. Maritime Monographs and Reports No. 27 - 1977. Containing a list of the vessels known to have been built in the Port of Bristol, with an introduction, Notes on the builders, appendices, tables and a map.

Some light browning and a few grubby marks.

ISBN: 0905555058
Stock no. 2137689

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Contents

  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction:
  • The Corporation Registers
  • The Statutory Registers
  • Tonnage Measurement
  • A Note on Rigs
  • A Note on the Port Limits
  • Notes on the Shipbuilders:
  • Other Ship-, Barge-, and Boat-builders at Bristol
  • The Outposts of the Port
  • Select Bibliography
  • Key and List of Abbreviations
  • Chronological List of Ships Built in the Port of Bristol
  • Appendix 1: Vessels Built at Bristol, but the year uncertain
  • Appendix 2: Some Rebuildings at Bristol
  • Appendix 3: Questions, Errors and Mistaken Identities
  • Appendix 4: Statistical Table of Bristol Shipbuilding, 1800-1976
  • Appendix 5: Offical Returns of Shipbuilding, 1786-1813
  • Appendix 6: Census Returns of Shipwrights and Allied Trades at Bristol, 1851-1891
  • A Map of Shipbuilding Sites will be found in the Centre Pages

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